Clapboard Gulch

Dan and I did the ride up Clapboard Gulch and down Brushriders single track. It took 1 hour 20 minutes round trip and was 17.5 miles. The last time I rode this was when I did a Demo with a 29er. Now I have my own and it was great! Overall this ride is probably the easiest that we do. The single track is fairly technical but it terms of vertical feet, this ride is easy.

Findley again...

One more quick Findley ride. Took 39 minutes to the top of the ridge. I might actually be starting to like this hill. Well, I haven't really made it to "like" yet.

Findley Rd Ride- try to love it!

I rode up Findley road again.  It is really a tough ride... I'm trying to trick myself into loving it.   About 4.2 miles to the top (I  finally have a computer now).  It took right at 40 minutes from my house to the top of the ridge.  Round trip is 55 minutes so do the math on the way back.  I had a max speed of 30 mi/hr.  The weather has still been pretty dry- although we did get some light rain.  There was a patch of snow up on the top of the ridge.

Another Findley Rd Ride

Findley Road is a great workout in the amount of time you spend on it.  The climb is about 1500 vertical feet in about a mile and a half. Dan and I rode up to the top and back in a little less than an hour.

A quick ride up Findley Rd.

Early Saturday morning I decided that I needed to get a quick ride in. It only about 30 minutes in length. I didn't ride to the top.  It was a good work out and I felt pretty strong on the climb.

My Bike

Here is a factory pic of my 2009 stumpjumper comp 29er.

Rock Creek Ride

Early afternoon we headed out, with a fairly high cloud cover. It rained about .25 inches last night. We had, or maybe I had the idea to ride to the top of Rock Creek and hit the great singletrack up there. The climb just to get to the trail head was quite a grind. By looking at the terrain map it looks to be about 2500 vertical feet (we haven't upgraded to the altimeter computer yet). Most of the serious climbing isn't done until you are on Rock Creek. The last half mile gets really steep once you pass the gate. It was pretty hard to approximate the trail on the map. I'm pretty sure I left out about 8 switchbacks on my quick scribbling. There is also some vertical feet on that trail as well. There was quite a bit of wind fall on the trail. Large trees and branches. I'm sure those who maintain it do not thing anyone would be crazy enough to use it this time of year. It is a great trail and well worth the ride up there. First section of the trail is very rocky- the remaining part of the trail is great with fantastic switchbacks, little climbs and technical portions with very limited trail size.